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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... single currency had suffered a heavy sell-off due to slow progress over the past few weeks. However, a warning from the White House that deadlocked talks to hammer out a deal to avoid a US default were still far from over continued to pressure the dollar. ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Barack Obama has been locked in tense negotiations over the issue, walking out of yesterday's deficit meeting at the White House. Overnight, Moody's placed the AAA credit rating of the US on a review for possible downgrade, raising the possibility it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... cent) to 1,361.07. The three indices had opened the session with gains after a late-night announcement Sunday by the White House that US forces had killed the Muslim extremist behind the September 11, 2001 attacks, as well as other attacks around the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... bonds and their yields move in opposite directions. The markets had been mixed earlier in the day, after late-night White House talks failed to resolve a budget crisis that could lead to a shutdown of parts of the government. Traders seemed uneasy as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... proposal for the next fiscal year. Obama's budget includes a five-year freeze on many domestic spending programs. The White House contends the budget plan for the fiscal year beginning Oct 1 puts the government on course to cut deficits by about $US1.1 ...

Of Jobs, Hu and Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... Jobs, Chinese President Hu Jintao is coming to America... and meet and dine with US President Barack Obama at the White House. I could just imagine the polite dinner conversation. BO: More roast beef Mr. President? (Hope you choke on it so someone who'll ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... market was reacting to US markets, which fell for a second day on Tuesday after home sales dropped unexpectedly and the White House enaged with oil drillers over its attempt to impose a pause on offshore drilling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... at 4581.3. NEW YORK - US Stocks dropped for a second day on Tuesday after home sales dropped unexpectedly and the White House vowed to fight a court ruling against an offshore drilling moratorium. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 149 points, its ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... administration is congratulating itself for a job well done. The fiscal and monetary stimulus worked. Reuters reports that the White House will release a report tomorrow stating that the US$787 billion ARRA stimulus averted Great Depression part 2 and ...

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... report for November. The Fed was quick to deny - interest rates will remain low for as long as necessary - and the White House even plans using the unused US$200 billion in TARP money to stimulate employment. All well and good but as more money is spent ...